Plant Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
HENEICOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	410.0	3346.0	1.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HOMOCAPSAICIN	0	Fruit	2.0	90.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN	0	Fruit	2.0	90.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HOMODIHYDROCAPSAICIN-I	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	7.0	135.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID	2	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOHEXANOIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOHEXYL-ISOCAPROATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	650.0	5304.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOTHUJONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID	5	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LATOXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vertigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Wealth of India.
Vitamin-A-Activity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).